Report of John G. Deane and Edward Kavanagh to the governor of Maine "to ascertain the number of persons settled on the public lands, North of the line running east from the Monument, the manner in which they respectively hold the same lands"
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"We arrived at John Harford's on the North Bank of the St. John at 5 p.m. where we stopped. Harford's is six or seven miles below the mouth of the St. Francis."
July 25: St. John River
"On the north bank of the St. John, Augustine Webster claims the first possession; has been improving the land for three years. He purchased of Jesse Wheelock, who purchased of John Baker, who purchased of John Harford, Junior, who had cleared seven or eight acres."
North Bank of the St. John River from St. Francis River to the place in New Brunswick across the river from what is today Hamlin, Me.
Name of owner or occupant | Date bought or settled | Amount of land claimed | Previous owners and dates of settlement or purchase in chronological order (most recent to earliest) | Remarks |
Augustine Webster | 1828 | - Jesse Wheelock - John Baker - John Harford, Jr. |
John Harford Jr. had cleared 7-8 acres | |
John Harford and his son Phinehas Randall Harford |
1816 | John Harford says he began to clear at Madawaska point in 1815 and was encouraged to do so by Simon Hebert. He cleared 2 acres, built a log house, and remained there during the year, but at length was driven away by Simon Hebert and the Indians. Hebert refused to pay him any thing for his improvements and now has the lot in possession. We were subsequently told Harford had sold his claim to John Baker | ||
Phirmain Cyr | 1826 | 120 rods | - John Harford | paid $100; lives on south bank of St.John, opposite St. Basile Church; rents land to Charles Ouellette. Began improvements in 1828 |
Phirmain Thibedeau | 8 acres | - Steven Groves | Groves cleared 8 acres and built house, began fall 1829 | |
Dennis Smith | 1829 | 6 acres | has house in which he lives | |
Thomas Kenney | Nov 1829 | - Jonathan Cyr - 1823 | is Canadian; lives in house of late James Bacon and tends John Baker's grist-mill | |
Philip Long | 1828 | resides on lot; “is reported to have escaped to the British with an American mail during the Revolution and has since and until a few years ago been employed carrying the English mail from Fredericton to Quebec. ” | ||
Marmosie Long | 1828 | son of Philip Long; lives on lot | ||
George Long | 1828 | son of Philip Long; lives on lot | ||
Menard Cheminard | 1830 | Canadian; has house, lives on lot | ||
Louis Nadeau | 1829 | 5 acres | has crops on land but 'resides below' | |
Thomas Pollock | 1829 | 3-4 acres | Scotchman; chopped 3-4 acres but left and moved to Rivière du Loup | |
[July 26] | Date bought or settled | Amount of land claimed | Previous owners and dates of settlement or purchase in chronological order (recent to earliest) | Remarks |
Joseph Peltier, Jr. | 1828 | lives below on the south side of the river | ||
Joseph Peltier | 1828 | an old settler, formerly came from Canada; possessory chopping | ||
"possessory chopping" | 1831 | |||
Pierre Landrie | 1831 | born in Canada, moved on land this yr | ||
Gabriel Dubez | 1831 | lives on land; nothing planted | ||
Jeremie Souci | lives below on the south side | |||
Joseph Terrieau | 1829 | from Canada | ||
Abraham Dubez | 1829 | from Canada; lives on land | ||
Prudent & LeBlanc Guimant | 1830 | brothers; from Canada; live on land | ||
Charles Beaupré | 1830 | from Canada; lives on land | ||
Alexandre Ouillette | 1829 | from Canada; lives on land | ||
Amos Maddocks | 1829 | 90 rods front | - Owen Fitzgerald - Stephen Groves - 1826 |
lives at Savage's mill on Fish River |
Nathaniel Bartlett | 60 rods front | - 50 rods from
John Baker - 10 rods from Amos Maddocks |
is married; tends
Baker's saw mill; land has been cleared 5 years; lives on land |
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John Baker |
1823 | land is in possession & occupation of Baker | ||
John Baker | 100 acres | - State of Maine and Massachusetts | Baker also claims a lot up the Marirumpticook [now Baker Brook] on which he began in 1826; also claims an island in the St.John, clearing began in 1828 | |
James Bacon | 1825 | - State of Maine and Massachusetts | died last May; son of Timothy Bacon of Gorham | |
Barnabas Hunnewell | Oct 1827 | 160 rods front | - Charles Stetson - 1825 | born in Madison, Somerset Co.; has 30 acres cleared; lives on land; also claims Sugar Island in St. John a little below the St.Francis, 70-80 acres |
Phirmain D'Aigle | 1831 | - Pierre Marquis - 1828 | occupies part of D'Aigle's Island | |
Phirmain D'Aigle | 1829 | 50 rods front | had cut 10 acres, cleared 2 or 3 | |
Basil Garnier | 1827 | of Madawaska; has cut down 12 or 14 acres, 10 of which are in crops; has house and barn and lives on land | ||
Honoré Chassé | 1828 | 50 rods front | of Madawaska; 10 acres cleared, house, barn; lives on land | |
Justin D'Aigle | 1826 | of Madawaska; 30 acres in crops, house and barn; lives on land; also claims an Island with barn, between island claimed by John Baker and D'Aigle's Island |
At this point Deane and Kavanagh switch over to the South Bank, and stay there until the line that marks the point on the St.John River where the international border was set (near present-day Hamlin). They then proceeded on August 4th to continue their survey of the North bank, going west back toward Justin D'Aigle's place.
The information on the North Bank is much sketchier than what they gathered on the South Bank. This was in part due to the ruling of the arbitrator, announced during their trip, that the St.John River should be the border. Although the US ended up rejecting that position (the border was not finally settled until 1842), Deane and Kavanagh clearly were affected by the ruling, and the British authorities as well as the population on the North Bank were much less cooperative.
Name of owner or occupant | Date bought or settled | Amount of land claimed | Previous owners and dates of settlement or purchase in chronological order (recent to earliest) | Remarks |
[Thursday, August 4, 1831] | ||||
4 small possessory choppings in a row | ||||
Remains of a house where Clements used to live | Here a ledge of imperfect limestone crosses the river; several acres were formerly partially cleared but are not in bushes and weeds | |||
small possessory chopping | ||||
20-25 acres in grass, weeds, bushes; nobody lives there | ||||
Mr. Murphy | 60 rods front | house, barn, 20 acres cleared | ||
Edward O'Neal | 60 rods front | Irish; house, barn, 20 acres cleared; also lot on South bank | ||
John O'Neal | 60 rods front | Irish; is building a house, has a barn, 15-20 acres cleared | ||
? | house, barn, 20 acres cleared | |||
Mr. Ellwood | "lately" | 60 rods front | house, walls of a barn; lot has been improved 4 or 5 years | |
Maurice Whelan | 60 rods front | Irish; house, barn, 15-20 acres cleared | ||
Patrick Martin | 60 rods front | house, walls of a barn, 15-20 acres cleared | ||
Joseph Pelletier | 60 rods front | house, wall of a barn, 15-20 acres cleared | ||
Louis Genet | son-in-law of Joseph Pelletier; house, poor barn | |||
Alexandre Roi or King | Island | - Gov. Carleton | opposite Genet's lot | |
Samuel Theaney (actually Kearney) |
50-60 rods front | from New Brunswick; formerly a magistrate, now out of commission, out of favor with British; house, barn 20 acres cleared | ||
Ezekiel Clements | 60 rods front | Yankee; house, blacksmith's shop, 4-5 acres cleared | ||
James Powers | Irish; possessory clearing of 4-5 acres | |||
William Stearns | Irish; one acre in corn, some pasture, some in weeds | |||
Alexandre Roi or King | from New Brunswick; paature in front, grain in back, some trees cut, walls of barn | |||
Alexandre Roi or King | house, barn, 15 acres cleared | |||
John Pearl | 140 rods front | Irish; house, barn, 50 acres cleared; Joseph Pearl Jr. lives on upper part of same lot | ||
Augustin Violette | 50 rods front | from Madawaska; possessory clearing of 4-5 acres | ||
Mr. Cyr | 60 rods front | from Madawaska; son-in-law to François Violette; 20 acres cleared | ||
Celeste Thibedeau | 60 rods front | from Madawaska; house, barn, 50 acres cleared | ||
Boutout Ouellette | 60 rods front | from Canada; house, barn, 60 acres cleared | ||
Celeste Ouellette | 60 rods front | from Canada; house, barn, 45-50 acres cleared | ||
Jean Baptiste Roi or King | 60 rods front | from New Brunswick, lives opposite Boutoute's Island; house, barn, 30-40 acres cleared | ||
Modeste Bijou | 60 rods front | from Canada; house, barn, 25-30 acres cleared | ||
Joseph Cinqcoeurs | 60 rods front | from Canada; lives opposite Boutoute's Island; house, barn, 25-30 acres cleared | ||
Joseph Germain | 60 rods front | from Canada; walls of a house, 6 acres cleared | ||
Phirmain Duplessis | from Canada; barn, 8-9 acres cleared | |||
Abraham Roi or King | 60 rods front | from New Burnswick; house, barn, 15-20 acres cleared | ||
Jean Baptiste Gouvain | 60 rods front | house, barn, 15-20 acres cleared | ||
possessory chopping | 60 rods front | |||
Charles Aiotte | last fall | 60 rods front | from Canada; house, 5-6 acres cleared | |
Leonard Coombs |
from New Brunswick; possessory clearing adjoining homestead | |||
Leonard Coombs | 160 rods front | - deeded to Joseph Souci, Jr. in the second large grant; occupied for many years | his homestead; house, is building a new barn; 12 miles from Grand Falls, 9 miles from the line | |
They note that the previously visited possessions were from one to ten years old, and that "one or two may be older" | ||||
Friday August 5, 1831 | Date bought or settled | Amount of land claimed | Previous owners and dates of settlement or purchase in chronological order (recent to earliest) | Remarks |
Phirmain Ouellette | 60 rods front | from Canada; "old possession", house, barn, 15 acres cleared | ||
Celeste Ouellette | 60 rods front | Phirmain's son; house, barn, some cleared | ||
Jean Baptiste Dubez | 60 rods front | lives on South bank; house, 5-6 acres cleared | ||
Pierre Ouellette | 60 rods front | some cleared land | ||
John Keaton | 60 rods front | lives with Wm. McRae on South bank and opposite; house occupied as a school house | ||
Jean Tardif | 60 rods front | house, 6-7 acres cleared | ||
André Tardif | 60 rods front | from Canada; house, barn, 30-40 acres cleared | ||
? | - Phirmain Thibedeau | Thibedeau has sold lot | ||
Joseph Dubez | 60 rods front | from Canada; house, barn, 25-30 acres cleared | ||
Elie Thibedeau | 60 rods front | from Acadia, house, barn, 25-30 acres cleared | ||
François Violette | 16 May 1826 | -deeded to him by the British | land on both sides of the Grand River; deed of a gift; 300 acres, two of his sons occupy it; house, barn, extensive clearings | |
An old grant | 2 Aug 1794 | 5,253 acres; nine tracts divided into 24 lots | - deed | "one of the lots in the 1st large grant deeded to Aaron Cyr (Larion Cyr); grantees in the deed are: Joseph Souci Jr., Augustin Violette, François Violette, Joseph Cyr, Phirmain Cyr, Joseph Cyr Jr., François Cormier, Aaron Cyr, Jean Baptiste Cormier, Alexis Cormier, Pierre Cormier, Louis LeBlond, Gregoire Thibedeau, Phirmain Thibedeau, Joseph Terrieau, Olivier Thibedeau, Jr., Joseph Terriault Jr., Jean Thibedeau, Baptiste Thibedeau, Olivier Thibedeau, Germain Souci, Baptiste Charet, Louis Ouellette, Joseph Michaud" |
Aaron Cyr | 60 rods front | decayed buildings, 50 acres cleared; taken for a debt by a Mr. Michaud, a merchant of Frederictown, he now claims it | ||
next 2 lots: Possessory choppings | "a few years ago" | |||
Pierre Celeste | 60 rods front | a little above the Grand River Islands; Celeste was a provincial mail carrier in 1827; house, barn, some land cleared | ||
Anselm Francaeur | 1829-1830 | possessory chopping | ||
Joseph Souci | 60 rods front | house, barn, 10-15 acres cleared | ||
Siagis River | ||||
Thomas Cyr | 60 rods front | house, 2 barns, 20-30 acres cleared | ||
Elie Cyr | 60 rods front | 10-12 acres cleared within 10 or 12 years, now in pasture; walls of a barn | ||
François Mazerolle | 60 rods front | lives with Gabriel Parent; new house, barn, 8-10 acres cleared | ||
Frederic Mazerolle | possessory chopping | |||
Laurent Michaud | 60 rods front | house, barn, 5-6 acres cleared | ||
Jean Baptiste Raymond | 90 rods front | house, barn, 20 acres cleared | ||
Maurice Sirois | house, barn, some land cleared | |||
Christophe Cyr | 60 rods front | house, barn, 20-25 acres cleared | ||
François Cyr | 60 rods front | house, barn, 10 acres cleared | ||
Larion Aiotte | 60 rods front | house, barn, 15-20 acres cleared | ||
David Cyr | 60 rods front | keeps the tavern on the South bank; 5-6 acres cleared | ||
Jean Baptiste Sirois | 60 rods front | house, barn, 10-12 acres cleared | ||
Paschal Cyr | 60 rods front | house, barn, 5-6 acres cleared | ||
Basil Martin | 60 rods front | house, barn, 15-20 acres poorly cleared | ||
Moreille Beaulieu | 60 rods front | house and large clearing | ||
Quisabis River | ||||
Jean Baptiste Bernabé | 60 rods front | lives on North side next to Quisabis; 20 acres cleared, and old house he uses for a barn, and a house | ||
Dominique Bourgoyne | 60 rods front | old house, barn, 21 acres cleared | ||
André Martin | 90 rods front | house, barn, 25 acres cleared; opposite upper Quisabis Island | ||
Benoni Bernabé | 90 rods front | house, barn, 25 acres cleared; clearing old | ||
Henri Cyr | 60 rods front | house, barn, 27 acres cleared | ||
Pierre Mercure | 30 rods front | house, barn, stable, 17 acres cleared | ||
Maurice Sirois | 30 rods front | house, 20 acres cleared | ||
Charles Beaulier | 20-25 rods front | old and new house, 2 barns, 15 acres cleared | ||
Pierre Mercure | 60 rods front | barn, 15 acres cleared | ||
Jean Baptiste Souci | 20 rods front | lives on North side nearly opposite to the mouth of the Green River; some cleared | ||
Jean Baptiste Lapoint | 30 rods front | house, 15-20 acres cleared | ||
Michel Lapoint | 30 rods front | a poor house, 8-10 acres cleared | ||
Paschal Michaud | 20 rods front | 7-8 acres cleared | ||
Antoine Beaulieu | 1820-1821 | 60 rods front | house, 8-10 acres cleared; poor land | |
Laurent Terrieau | 60 rods front | lives near the Green River; some cleared | ||
Antoine Davoust | 40 rods front | house, 20 acres cleared | ||
Henri Souci | 120 rods front | house, barn, 40 acres cleared | ||
Grand Island | information on owners from Henri Souci; see also Phirmain Thibedeau's statement of claimants at Grand Island | Edward LeBlond, 1 lot; Frederic Terrieau, 2 lots; Pierre Cormier, 1 lot; Gregoire Thibedeau, 1 lot; Paul Thibedeau, 1 lot; Paul Cyr, 2 lots; François Cormier, 1 lot; Benj. Gregoire, 1 lot; Phirmain Thibedeau, part of a lot; Antoine G. Bellefleure 1 lot; Sam. Romain Dendre 12 acres; Cyprien Cormier 1 lot | ||
Germain Moreau | 60 rods front | house, barn, 60 acres cleared | ||
Gregoire Thibedeau | 60 rods front | lives on South bank; 25 acres cleared | ||
François Gooding | 60 rods front | house, barn, 25 acres cleared | ||
Louis Ringuette | 60 rods front | house, barn, 30 acres cleared | ||
Jerome Garnier | 60 rods front | house, barn, 30 acres cleared | ||
Phirmain Thibedeau | 270 rods front | captain in the
militia; loyal citizen of New Brunswick; the lots one deeded to him,
one to Olivier Thibedeau, 1/2 lot Jean Thibedeau, and has taken up 2
adjoining lots, has 150 acres cleared, 2 houses, 2 barns, and a store.
His son Vital is married and lives with him |
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Henri Vasseur | 30 rods front | the upper half of the lot deeded by the British to Jean Thibedeau | ||
Joseph Terrieau | 60 rods front | "deeded to him by the name of Joseph Terrieau, Jr."; house, barn, 50 acres cleared | ||
Laurent Terrieau | 60 rods front | - Joseph Terrieau, deeded by British | house, barn, 50 acres cleared; claims the island in front of Phirmain Thibedeau's | |
Phirmain Ducette | 20 rods front 16 rods front |
- B. Thibedeau (old grant) - Olivier Thibedeau |
house, barn 40 acres cleared | |
Jean Baptiste Oliver Thibedeau | 40 rods front | house, 50 acres cleared | ||
George Thibedeau | 50 rods front | from Acadia; lies on both sides of the mouth of the Green River included in the lands granted to Olivier Thibedeau; most of the land is cleared; he lives in the 2nd house above on the North bank of the St.John; this is the uppermost lot on the North bank included in the second large grant made by the British in 1794; barn and 15 acres cleared | ||
Green River Up the Green River: |
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François Gautier (northeast side) |
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Jean Baptiste Thibedeau | ||||
David Thibedeau | ||||
Jean Roque | ||||
Pierre Lisotte, Jr. | ||||
Louis St. Pierre | ||||
Joseph Mercure | clearing and barn | |||
several lots have been marked within a few years | ||||
Simon Thibedeau (southwest side) |
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Joseph Fournier | ||||
Michel Thibedeau | ||||
back to the North Bank of the St.John: Next to George Thibedeaux at Green river | ||||
Louis Thibedeau | 60 rods front | - Phirmain Thibedeau - Etienne Thibedeau, grant from British |
from Madawaska; son of Phirmain; house, barn, 70 acres cleared | |
George Thibedeau | 30 rods front | - Joseph Thibedeau, grant from British | from Acadia; house, 2 barns, 50 acres cleared; same George Thibedeau who owns lots at mouth of Green River | |
Joseph Thibedeau | 30 rods front | - deed from British | from Acadia; house, barn, 60 acres cleared | |
Laon Bellefleure | 80 rods front | - Baptiste Thibedeau, deed from British | lot was given him by Baptiste, who is his father-in-law; house, 2 barns, 100 acres cleared | |
Nicholas Pelletier | 40 rods front | - Antoine Gagnon or Garnier (deceased), deed from British | house, barn, 20 acres cleared | |
François Thibedeau | 30 rods front | - Antoine Gagnon or Garnier (deceased), deed from British | new house, 10 acres cleared; lives at Joseph Thibedeau's | |
Joseph Pelletier | 30 rods front | - Antoine Gagnon or Garnier (deceased), deed from British | house, barn 15 acres cleared | |
Benoni Terrieau | 120 rods front | - Alexandre Cyr and Jean Vasseau, deeds from British | house, barn 10 acres cleared | |
Benoni Pelletier | 60 rods front | - Pierre Cyr, deed from British | house, barn, 60 acres cleared | |
Widow Pelletier | 60 rods front | - Pierre Cyr, deed from British | now married to Rami DuChene; house, barn, 60 acres cleared. The children of her first husband live on the lot | |
Christopher Cyr | 60 rods front | - Louis Ouellette, deed from British | lives on south bank; barn and 20 acres cleared | |
Michel Martin | 30 rods front | lot is marked; came to Martin through sundry sales; house, 6 acres cleared | ||
Baptiste Babin | 30 rods front | lot came to him through sundry sales; old and new house and 10 acres cleared | ||
Simonet Hebert | 60 rods front | - Jean Marquis, driven off by Hebert | one house, built by Marquis; 20 or 30 acres cleared; Clement Cyr living in house as tenant | |
Simonet Hebert | 60 rods front | one house; 20-30 acres cleared; tenant living in house | ||
Pierre Cyr | 30 rods front | this is half the lot his father started on; hous, stable, 8 acres cleared | ||
Jean Cyr | claims part of the aforesaid lot; house and a few acres partly cleared | |||
Mr. Vancoeur | 50 rods front | from Canada; came to him through sundry sales; house, 15 acres cleared | ||
Michel Martin | 12 rods front | came to him through sundry sales; 10 acres cleared | ||
Michel Cyr | 60 rods front | purchased the lot; houe, bar, 100 acres cleared; one of his sons is married and lives on the lot | ||
Michel Martin | 30 rods front | house, barn, 60 acres cleared | ||
Phirmain Thibedeau | 30 rods front | barn, 30 acres cleared | ||
François Martin | 30 rods front | his father began on the lot; house, barn, 50 acres cleared | ||
Joseph Mercure | 40 rods front | - lot taken up by an Indian, who made the first improvement | house, barn, 50 acres cleared | |
Augustin Violette | 30 rods front | - taken up by the Indians | house, barn, 50 acres cleared | |
Michel Mercure | 30 rods front | - taken up by the Indians | house, barn, 50 acres cleared | |
Michel Martin | 60 rods front | marked by Jean Tardif; barn, 100 acres cleared; this is is 3rd or 4th claim | ||
Germain Lagassé | 10 rods front | house, stable, 4 acres cleared | ||
Parish of St. Basil | Church, priest's home, barn, building for accomodation of the people during the intermission | |||
Antoine Gatté Bellefleure, Jr. | 60 rods front | from Canada; 2 houses, a store, 2 barns, 40 acres cleared; purchased lot | ||
Simonet and Joseph Hebert | 30 rods front | - 1/2 lot taken up by Joseph D'Aigle, deed from British | live on South bank; 10 acres cleared | |
Jean Baptiste D'Aigle | 30 rods front | - Joseph D'Aigle, deed from British | lives on South bank; has some cleared | |
Celestine Souci | 60 rods front | - lot deeded to Joseph Cyr by British | came to him through sundry sales; house, barn, 60 acres cleared | |
Joseph and Phirmain Cyr | 30 rods front | live on South bank; 20 acres cleared | ||
Jean Baptiste Fournier | 30 rods front | - deeded by British | 30 acres cleared | |
Benoni Terrieau | 15 rods front | - part of lot deeded to Morichitte Cyr by British | house, barn, 20 acres cleared | |
Regis Terrieau, Jr. | 15 rods front | - part of lot deeded to Morichitte Cyr by British (Morichitte is nickname, word signifying an Indian of the St.John River tribe, Maliseet) | house, barn, 30 acres cleared | |
Alexis Cyr | 60 rods front | - deeded to him by the British | house, barn, 60 acres cleared | |
Joseph Martin | 30 rods front | lives above; 25 acres cleared | ||
Paul Cyr | 30 rods front | - Joseph Albert - Louis Mercure |
house, barn, 20 acres cleared | |
Widow Simon Martin | 60 rods front | - lot on which her father-in-law began | house, barn, 6 acres cleared; a river comes in through this lot | |
Joseph Martin | 30 rods front | - purchased by
François Martin, his father - deeded by British |
house, barn, 50 acres cleared | |
Antoine Gotté Bellefleur, Jr. | 30 rods front | - Joseph Tardif | lives near the Church; house, barn, 20 acres cleared; Louis Strepani occupies it as a tenant | |
the Church | 30 rods front | some cleared | ||
Alexandre Albert | 60 rods front | - Louis Mecure, deed from British | house, barn, 60 acres cleared | |
the Indians | "the Indians have 3 or 4 houses apparently as commodious and comfortable as many of the houses of the white inhabitants, and have 20 or 30 acres of cleared land. There are only 5 or 6 families, the remnant of the tribe, which was numerous when the whites first began the settlement at Madawaska." | |||
Simon Hebert | 250 acres | - deed from British dated May 16, 1825 | ||
Madawaska River | Date bought or settled | Amount of land claimed | Previous owners and dates of settlement or purchase in chronological order (recent to earliest) | Remarks |
On the Madawaska River: | ||||
East Side André L'Eveque |
60 rods front | from Canada; house, barn, 15 acres cleared | ||
Pierre Plourne | 60 rods front | from Canada; house, barn, 20-30 acres cleared | ||
Charles | 60 rods front | Irish, house, barn 15 acres cleared (last name not given) | ||
Peter | 60 rods front | Irish; house, barn, 15 acres cleared (last name not given) | ||
"Possessions of minors" | ||||
West Side of Madawaska R. James Dall |
60 rods front | Scotch; house, barn, 20-30 acres cleared | ||
James McDonald | 60 rods front | soldier; now draws pay and rations; house, barn, 10 acres cleared | ||
Trout River | ||||
Charles Terrieau | 60 rods front | house, barn, 30 acres cleared | ||
Joseph McDonald | a possession a little chopped down | |||
[name not given] | 1829 | Irishman; house, barn, great improvements | ||
Return to St. John River at the mouth of the Madawaska River | ||||
John Baker | - John Harford | lot is bounded easterly by the Madawaska River; lot is also claimed by Simon Hebert, who has a grant from British and is clearing it; Indians had built 2 houses on it, they were turned out by Hebert; mouth of the Madawaska was the headquarters of the Indians | ||
Francis Rice | 40 rods front | Irish; house, barn, 10-15 acres cleared; went to Madawaska and was Adjutant of Militia, appointed by Province of New Brunswick; "is now a Magistrate commissioned 1 or 2 years ago and doing all he can to coerce the French and extend and enforce British usurpation" | ||
Michael Tighe | 50 rods front | Irish; house, barn, 10-15 acres cleared | ||
Abraham Daniel Dufour | 60 rods front | house, barn, 15-20 acresd cleared | ||
Pierre LaComble | 60 rods front | house, barn, 8-10 acres cleared | ||
François Picard | 60 rods front | house, 4-5 acres cleared | ||
Joseph Dominique | 60 rods front | house, barn, 8-10 acres cleared | ||
Jean Elie Sirois, the Priest | 120 rods front (2 lots) | small house and barn on one lot; small house on the other; 25-30 acres cleared | ||
Pierre Ouellette | 60 rods front | house, 4-5 acres cleared | ||
Vincent Label | 50-60 rods front | a few acres cleared | ||
Joseph Hebert | 4-5 acres cleared, barn; the front is intervale | |||
Harford's Brook, dividing line between the parishes of St. Basil and St. Lucie | ||||
Antoine Boulet | 60 rods front | from Canada; house, barn 15-18 acres cleared | ||
François Boulanger | 30 rods front | from Canada; house, barn, 8-10 acres cleared | ||
Mathieu Boulet | 40 rods front | from Canada; son of Antoine; new house, 8-10 acres cleared | ||
Paschal Lansout | 40 rods front | from Canada; has a camp and hovel and 8-10 acres cleared | ||
Germain Label | 40 rods front | from Canada; house, 8-10 acres cleared | ||
Gallant Saint Ange | 40 rods front | from Canada; house, barn, 15 acres cleared | ||
François, Charles, Jean, and Thomas Clevet | claim 3 or 4 possessory choppings | |||
Alexandre Ouellette | 120 rods front | from Canada; house, barn, 60 acres cleared | ||
Alexis Nadeau | 60 rods front | house, barn, 10-12 acres cleared | ||
Joseph Ouellette | 1826 | 50 rods front | from Canada; house, 10 acres cleared | |
Alexandre Ouellette | - Joseph La Joie | from Canada; paid $100; barn, 7 acres cleared | ||
Phirmain Albert | easterly end of his claim, a clearing of a few acres made within 2-3 years | |||
Sunday Aug. 7, 1831 | Date bought or settled | Amount of land claimed | Previous owners and dates of settlement or purchase in chronological order (recent to earliest) | Remarks |
Joseph Michaud | - Jean Nadeau,
lived on it 1-2 years, died 1810 - Pierre Baudrie, 1807 |
lives on a point in the North bank formed by a bend in the river; married Jean Nadeau's widow; back line is 230 rods long, extends from the river to the river; house, 2 barns; land chiefly intervale and excellent; was a captain in the militia of New Brunswick, a leading man; engaged in lumbering in early times; lived a few miles above Edmundston | ||
Island in the river, opposite to Joseph Michaud's, between him and another Joseph Michaud who lives on S. bank; two smaller Islands above [Michaud Island] | ||||
Phirmain Albert | 30 rods front
below 67 rods front above |
claims lot extending from the river to the river, back of Michaud's; house, barn, 40 acres cleared | ||
Elie Janette | 60 rods front | married the widow Chasseur; house, 15 acres; her first husband left 9 children | ||
Paul Marquis, Jr. | 60 rods front | married the widow Albert; his father lives above on S. bank; they are the only two of the name; house, barn, 15 acres cleared | ||
Louis Albert | 60 rods front | bought it from his father; improvements began 25-24 years ago; house, 20 acres cleared | ||
Joseph Albert | 1811 | 90 rods front | house, barn, 30 acres cleared | |
Alexander Michaud | 30 rods front | - Germain Michaud | marked 15 years ago; house, barn, 7 acres cleared | |
Alexandre Corneau | 1823 | 60 rods front | house, barn, 8 acres cleared | |
Charles Lamord | 1819 | 30 rods front | 2 houses, barn, 15 acres cleared | |
François Michaud | 1819 | 30 rods front | lives in Fredericton, New Brunswick | |
Baptiste Labrie | 30 rods front | - François Michaud, 1819 | house, 8 acres cleared | |
Olivier Chasseur | 1825 | some land cleared, barn | ||
Joseph Strepani | 60 rods front | Italian; house, barn, 4 acres front; Antoine Alton is tenant | ||
Jean Vasseur | 30 rods front | house, 8 acres cleared | ||
Widow Dupont | 30 rods front | is married to Nicholas Peltier; 7 acres cleared, house in which no one lives | ||
Jean Baptiste Legassé | 50 rods front | house, barn, 5 acres cleared | ||
Alexandre Belzie | 30 rods front | house, barn, 15 acres cleared | ||
Simonet Hébert | 30 rods front | - Philip Long | lives below, on the South bank; house, barn, 20 acres cleared | |
Hilaire Cyr | 60 rods front | house, barn, 15 acres cleared | ||
Urban Cyr | 60 rods front | - François Michaud | lives at Green River; barn, 5 acres cleared | |
Jean Nadeau | 1819-1820 | 60 rods front | house, barn, 15 acres cleared | |
Joseph Albert | 60 rods front | - Paul Cyr, 1816 | house, barn, 8 acres cleared | |
Louis Nadeau | 1819 | 60 rods front | - the Indians | purchased it from the Indians; has sold it to Phirmain Thibedeau, but lives on it and has the crops this year; house, barn, 20 acres cleared |
Alaric André | 1816 | 20 rods front | - Benjamin Michaud | house, barn, 8 acres cleared |
Widow Michaud | 60 rods front | house, poor barn, 16 acres cleared; has six children | ||
Joseph Marquis | 40-50 rods front | house, barn, 10-12 acres cleared | ||
Pierre Landré | March 1830 | 30 rods front | - Joseph Marquis | house, barn, 10-12 acres cleared |
Phirmain Ouellette | 30 rods front | - Paul Marquis | lot was gift from Marquis, for which he is to maintain Marquis; house, barn, 15 acres cleared | |
Paul Marquis | 1828 | 20 rods front | lives on South bank of river; 7 acres cleared | |
Thomas Bernabé, alias Martin | lives on South bank; has a small clearing | |||
Phirmain DuChene | 30 rods front | house, barn, 6-8 acres cleared | ||
Elie Pelletier | 60 rods front | house, barn, 15-20 acres cleared |
"This brings us to Justin alias Allister D'Aigle, who lives opposite to D'Aigle Island, being the last possession noticed by us in this report, in our course down the river."
Information on these grants is from "Report by Messrs. Deane and Kavanagh," edited by W.O. Raymond, in Collections of the New Brunswick Historical Society (St.John, N.B.) number 9 (1914), 386-462.
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